UNCANNILY - meaning and definition. What is UNCANNILY
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What (who) is UNCANNILY - definition


uncannily      
Canny         
FAMILY NAME
·adj ·Alt. of Cannei.
canny         
FAMILY NAME
¦ adjective (cannier, canniest)
1. shrewd, especially in financial or business matters.
2. N. English & Scottish pleasant; nice.
Derivatives
cannily adverb
canniness noun
Origin
C16 (orig. Scots): from can1 (in the obs. sense 'know') + -y1.
Examples of use of UNCANNILY
1. The courtroom was uncannily like a train carriage.
2. Last year‘s pronouncement turned out to be uncannily accurate.
3. The converted apartment inside is uncannily quiet after the sound and fury of the city center.
4. A Cypriot policeman who looked uncannily like Cheech Marin was subjected to abject groveling.
5. It offers an uncannily on–target lampoon job, if nothing else.